Archbishop's new Chaplain and Ecumenical Officer

Dear Friends

I write to draw your attention to the following announcement below, which has been posted on the Lambeth Palace web-site.

In his time as Chaplain and Research Assistant, first for Bishop John Hind and then for me, Fr Jonathan Goodall has been an outstanding servant of the Diocese and of great assistance in many ways, both in the administration of my office, and in the liturgical expertise which has enhanced our worship on so many occasions. As a priest who has served the diocese through a change of bishop, a suffragan bishop, and several archdeacons, he has been in many ways the memory of the Diocese, for which I am personally very grateful. We shall miss that memory and his many other skills, and we wish Jonathan, Sarah, Thomas and AnnaMary well, and hold them in our prayers as they move to Lambeth Palace where Fr Jonathan will serve our Archbishop in the dual role of chaplain and ecumenical officer.

As part of the planning committee, Fr Jonathan hopes to be with us for the Pastoral Conference. There will be an opportunity later in the year to say a more formal thank you and farewell.

+ Geoffrey Gibraltar

The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe

Bishop's Lodge, Church Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 7RT
Tel: + 44 (0)1293 883 051 Fax: + 44 (0)1293 884 479

Archbishop's new Chaplain and Ecumenical Officer

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has appointed the Reverend Jonathan Goodall as his Chaplain and Ecumenical Officer. He will succeed the current Archbishop's Chaplain, the Revd Canon Dr David Marshall, who will be moving on in August after five years in the post.

Mr Goodall, who is 44, was ordained in 1989. He served as curate in the Bicester Team Ministry in the diocese of Oxford. In 1992 he was appointed as Minor Canon, Chaplain and Sacrist at Westminster Abbey before moving to his present post as Chaplain and Research Assistant to the Bishop of the Church of England Diocese in Europe in 1998.

Mr Goodall is married to Sarah and they have two children, Thomas and AnnaMary.

He said, "I am delighted to have been appointed by the Archbishop to this new task. It is a wonderful opportunity to serve the Church both by supporting the personal ministry of the Archbishop, and assisting him in carrying forward the ecumenical achievements of the last half century."